6.
Doing
Business
in
Estonia
an
Emerging
(New)
Scandinavia
country
with
a
strong
and
stable
economy
• simple
tax
system
– ﬂat
20%
income
tax
NO
Corporate
Income
tax
on
reinvested
proﬁts
(20%
tax
on
dividends
only)
• eﬃcient
company
setup
and
repor9ng
based
on
e-­‐government
solu9ons
#1 in EU in the `economic freedom`
index by Heritage Foundation & WSJ
# 8 globally
#17 globally in the World Bank’s Ease
of Doing Business Index
#6 best global location for
“trading across borders”.
among the most wired and
technologically advanced countries in
the world

7.
Five
Global
Ci9es
of
the
Future:
the
emerging
startup
hubs
for
opportuni9es
to
launch
or
expand
interna9onally
Tallinn
(Estonia)
-­‐
most
internet-­‐connected
ci9es,
with
a
deep
pool
of
tech
talent
thanks
to
all
the
Skype
alumni
running
around.
San+ago
(Chili)
-­‐
one
of
the
most
foreign-­‐entrepreneur-­‐friendly
ci9es
Dubai,
Istanbul
(Middle
East)
–
gateways
to
Modern
Middle
East
Shenhzen
(China)
-­‐
Silicon
Valley
for
hardware
makers
Greg
Lindsay,
contribu9ng
writer
at
Inc.
and
co-­‐
author
of
Aerotropolis:
The
Way
We'll
Live
Next.

11.
• Founded
in
2010
in
Tallinn,
Estonia
• TechStars
Boston
alumni
• In
2014
acquired
by
the
US-­‐Israeli
provider
of
3D
prin9ng
solu9ons,
Stratasys
Ltd,
for
around
US$100m
• In
January
2015,
it
was
announced
that
NASA
uses
online
engineering
plakorm
GrabCAD
to
design
a
handrail
clamp
assembly
(HCA)
for
the
Interna9onal
Space
Sta9on
(ISS)
that
can
be
printed
on
the
ISS
3D
printer.

15.
Steve
Jurvetson
(DFJ):
`…it
will
be
easy
for
U.S.
startups
to
set
up
their
European
presence..`
December
2014
This
is
so
freaking
huge
man,
it´s
insane!
The
plan
to
let
anyone
become
European
-­‐
digitally